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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
1
Mount Dora schools plan a strong year with principal Roseborough, new gymnasium, modernized facilities, and expanded programs. Teachers listed for all grades, with athletics coach Hall and industrial arts supervisor Innocent. Enrollment expected to rise, lunch program updated, and P T A active.
A. R. Key, seriously injured in a Mount Dora Sanford highway automobile crash, continues to show improvement. He hopes to leave Orange General Hospital in Orlando for his Tangerine home within a week or ten days.
A group of local men joined the Seventh Annual Citrus Institute held last week at Camp McQuarie. Attendees included Gerald B. Hurlburt O M Simpson James Cooper David S Simpson C H Estey and Major Charles Marsh.
Lakeside Inn under A. J. Waltz enlarges lobby writing room and ladies rest room. Second floor adds two baths including a private bath for a new double room. New slip covers on chairs, updated porch floors radiators and hall floors. Exterior repainted and azalea plantings near the main entrance from Harding, caretaker, as 5 000 plants are set. Dick Edgerton reports a strong summer season at Lake Placid Club, Lake Placid, New York.
The Mount Dora High School class of 1940 graduates and former students are listed with college enrollments and careers. Doris Chamberlain and Doris Cowart attend FSCW and Southern College respectively while others pursue nursing, teaching, theater work, military service, or office roles. Several have moved, entered local businesses, or plan future college study.
Emma Leavenworth, niece of Eliza J. Leavenworth, who visited Seattle in 1934, earned a solo flight certificate after logging nearly 300 hours. She began soloing a little over three years ago and now holds valid solo qualifications.
Mr. George White of First National Bank of Mount Dora traced money’s history from stones to shells and beads to gold backed dollars. He described the Federal Reserve system after the 1907 panic and noted Fort Knox stores about 20 billion dollars in gold, with further calls for a future follow up on monetary topics.
The charter meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the Mount Dora Methodist parsonage drew about 30 members. Rev. Rogers led devotions and presided, with Mrs C Colley as president-elect guiding the business session. About fifty women signed charter membership cards, joining an international Methodist women group in Christian Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Burgess Thayer have returned from a vacation spent in Georgia and the North Carolina mountains. Mrs. Thayer visited relatives in Georgia while Mr. Burgess traveled for three weeks.
J W White father of George J White received a 51 year Pythian recognition during the S S Davis Lodge gathering in Jacksonville. The award followed a prior 50 year jewel presented at the Grand Lodge session in St Petersburg last April. White, a longtime Jacksonville figure, served on county and city boards and led local organizations including the Florida Press Association and Good Roads Association.
In an assessment of the Third Army Maneuvers in Louisiana from August 4 to 24 1940 the Florida National Guard 124th Infantry and other units are commended for discipline, training and readiness. The author rejects harsh critique of the National Guard and predicts strong front line performance after one year of training.
Jerry Davis, now with the U S Coast Guard on the cutter Modoc and stationed in New Orleans, is home on a two week leave visiting friends. He returns from Miami where his mother Hortense Davis wed William J Van Court, and he stays with Robert Quixley on Eleventh Avenue.
The Mount Dora Public Schools announce an assembly on Monday September 16 at 9 oclock in the auditorium. The principal will meet patrons and students September 12 13 and 14. Delinquent examinations will be given Monday the 16th. Elementary faculty meets September 14 at 1 30 p m and high school faculty at 3 30 p m. The public is invited to attend the assembly and visit the schools during the year.
Dean Paul C. Raymond of Stetson University gave a talk on citizen responsibilities in Florida and the coming developments depending on individual effort. L. L. Polk of Eustis attended as the only guest. A. C. Quixey won the attendance prize. William J. Barker of Tangerine is slated to speak this week on his nine years in France as an American.
The Blue Heron Tea Room in the Ingram Building on Fifth avenue will begin the season next Sunday September 15. The paper lauds its reputation for good food and an atmosphere of refinement that enhances Mount Dora’s appeal to winter visitors.
Lakeside Inn director Richard Edgerton reports a record season at Lake Placid with a summer high of 1072 guests at once. He praises the resort as one of America's most popular destinations drawing visitors from across the country and abroad. Edgerton extends thanks during a National Editorial Association tour and notes sympathy with Florida hosting the 1941 session. He recalls early tour influence on Lake County residents Mr. and Mrs. John Lochner and their son Don from Auburn Indiana.
R. E. Lee, proprietor of Mount Dora Pharmacy, has been confined to Orange General Hospital in Orlando after an operation. He is convalescing satisfactorily and expects discharge to his home today. Friends wish him a speedy recovery.
Professor and Mrs. D D Roseborough and family arrived Friday after a pleasant summer in Jonesborough Tennessee and a journey through West Virginia and Virginia.
Dr. Wells and Mrs Miller returned this week after a month away in the North Carolina mountains at Waynesville.
Dr. S. C. Colley departs Friday September 13 for a two week postgraduate course at the University of Buffalo New York. After attending clinics in New York City he plans to return home to Mount Dora in the first week of October.
B J Jack Wilkerson longtime A P store manager here leaves today for Claxton Georgia with Mrs Wilkerson and son Charles and niece Miss Ann Groover for a one year leave of absence He plans to devote time to private business interests and return in a year
Mount Dora marks its Fifteenth Year with a Chamber of Commerce tennis tournament at Donnelly Park on Friday September 20. Defending champion Charles Norris seeks a third straight title while mixed and doubles prizes are awarded. The First National Bank of Mount Dora celebrates its longevity and growth since opening as Mount Dora Bank and Trust Company in 1925 with assets now exceeding 826000 and plans to surpass one million this winter.
Mount Dora youths head to universities and colleges across the nation including University of Arizona Emory University University of Georgia Spilky Forsythe School of Dental Hygiene Simmons College Good Samaritan West Palm Beach Stetson University Maryville College The Citadel Naval Academy Columbia Military Academy Culver Military Academy Florida State College for Women University of Florida and others. Names listed include Frederick Sleight Miss Ian Birkbeck Natal ie Spilky Janet Morse Geraldine Richardson Mary Louise Rehbaum Adelaide Key William Turrentine Bob Burkert Harris Honour Stuart Sadler Carey Colley George Backus Jeanne Colley Shirley Coen Mildred Bartlett Mary Lewis Doris Chamberlain Buster Battle David S Harvey Billy McCown Robert Wells William Stewart Don Kimball Roy Christopher Robert Quixley Briggs Kennedy Blair Kramer J W Shaw Lee French Ralph Townsend.
Miss Helen Meadows a Mount Dora High School faculty member is spending two weeks with friends at Jacksonville Beach. They stay at Dale Court Mundy Drive. She will return to Mount Dora to be ready for school opening on September 16.
The trustees of the Methodist church will be ready soon to receive bids from contractors for the construction of the new church. Blue prints will be available Friday from the architect. For information see or call Rev. Kenneth G. Rogers at the parsonage or phone 3255.
The Board of Directors of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce will meet at 2 30 Friday afternoon September 13 in the Home Demonstration and 4 H Club Building beside the Courthouse at Tavares. President Frank W Stebbins urges full attendance for important business.
The Lake County Real Estate Board and the Orlando Board hold a joint dinner at the Lakeview Hotel in Leesburg at 7:00 pm on Thursday September 19. Speaker S Ken Drick Guernsey of Orlando will address county officials and prominent citizens invited as guests. Realtors urged in Lake and Orange counties to attend this important occasion.
Col C E Lester of Grand Island left Friday for a vacation visiting old friends and relatives in Newport News and other Virginia points. He is driving and hopes to return within two weeks.
The attorney general states Florida first grade admission ages for semi annual and single promotions. A child must be five years eleven months in semi annual systems, or five years nine months in single promotion schools, to begin education. This guidance was issued at the request of English, state superintendent of public instruction.
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